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Wild lose Parise for multiple weeks to broken sternum
Minnesota Wild left wing Zach Parise has a broken sternum that will keep him out for multiple weeks, an injury that occurred late in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against Winnipeg.
Remember the last time the Timberwolves were in the playoffs?
The last time the Timberwolves qualified for the playoffs was in 2004. Here are a few other things that happened the same year.
Whalen says coaching women's basketball at U of M will be 'the thrill of my lifetime'
Whalen signed a five year contract, which will pay her $400,000 in her first year, with increases each year that end with $547,391 in her fifth year. There are also incentives for academic and athletic performance.
Friday night's game will be rescheduled for a date announced later. There's no information yet on whether the snow might force rescheduling of the Saturday and Sunday games.
Player by player: Here's what the Timberwolves must do to win in playoffs
Experts give Minnesota little chance of beating Houston in the NBA playoffs opening round. MPR's Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis tells us what the Wolves will need from each player to survive and advance.
Whalen to lead Gopher women's hoops, still play for Lynx
Lindsay Whalen, who made her fame as a University of Minnesota basketball star and then as a WNBA champion, will take over coaching women's basketball at the U, university officials said Thursday.
A bomb exploded at a packed football stadium in southern Somalia and killed five spectators while wounding several others, police said Thursday evening.